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Survey & Certification - Emergency Preparedness

Emergency Preparedness for Every Emergency

Mission

Enable Federal, State, Tribal, Regional, and local governmental agencies, and health care providers to respond to every emergency in a timely, collaborative, organized, and effective manner.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Survey and Certification Group (SCG) has developed this site to provide useful information to CMS Central and Regional Offices, State Survey Agencies (SAs), their State, Tribal, Regional, and local emergency management partners, and health care providers, for developing effective and robust emergency plans and responses. This Web site provides information and tools, utilizing an “all hazards” approach for disruptive events such as:

Pandemic flu (e.g., H1N1 influenza virus)

Hurricanes

Tornados

Fires

Earthquakes

Power outages

Chemical spills

Nuclear or biological terrorist attack

Etc.

This Web site provides “one-stop shopping” to obtain both mandated and voluntary emergency preparedness information and tools. The Web site will be updated regularly to provide helpful guidance regarding issues such as: